Trousers-waistband.



H. COHEN.

TROUSERS WAISTBAND.

APPLICATION mu) AUG4, 1915.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

HYIVIAN COHEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TROUSERS-WAISTIBAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HYMAN COHEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1359 East New York avenue, in Brooklyn, Kings county, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers-'Waistbands, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

' The object of this invention is to furnish a means of forming a waistband upon a trousers, without exposing any of the seams to view, except the usual one which defines the lower edge of the waistband upon the outer side of the garment. This object is attained by providing the stiffener of the waistband with a wide binding at one edge, of the same material as the waistband, and basting this stiffener to the top of the trousers, with its edge under a narrow fold of the trousers cloth; and placing one edge of the waistband lining upon such binding, and

stitching the whole together by a line of stitches extended through the body of the trousers, and then bending such lining upward over the stiflener, and overhanding its upper edge to the top of the trousers. By this construction, the upward folding of the lining wholly conceals the stitches which connect the lining to the waistband, and the lining is stretched tightly between the stitching at its opposite edges, so as to be held smoothly and firmly, and incapable of wrinkling when the trousers are in use.

The invention will be understood by reference to the annexed drawing, in which-- Figure 1' is a perspective View of a trousers flap carrying part of the waistband; only the stifl ener and its binding being shown in place; Fig. 2 is an end View of the stiffener and its binding; Fig. 3 is a section of the stiffener; Fig. 4 is a section of the binding for the stiflener; Fig. 5 is a section of theflap parallel with the edge of the fly b; Fig. 6 is an elevation of the flap with the waistband completed; Fig. 7 1s a sect on like Fig. 5 with the lining attached in its reversed position; and Fig. 8 1s a s1m1lar view with the waistband completed.

In Figs. 1 and 6 a flap a of the trousers 1s shown, with a fly I) attached, to carry the button-holes 0. A fold d is made at the top edge of the trousers to which the upper edge of the stiflener e is fitted, after the wide binding f is secured thereto by stitches g, whlch do not therefore penetrate the cloth of the flap a. (See Fig. 1.) The lining i of the waistband is then applied to the hindmg 7 in a reversed position, as shown in Fig. 7, and a line of stitching h is extended through the edge of the lining, the binding, the stiffener, and the cloth of the trousers. This stitching is usual upon the outer side of the waistband, and is the only stitching that thus shows. The lining is then turned upward, as shown in Fig. 8, its upper edge folded inward flush with the top of the trousers, and is overhanded thereto, as indicated by the stitches is in Figs. 6 and 8. When turned upward, the fabric of the lining is drawn tightly toward the top of the trousers, so that the sewing thereto holds it smooth, and wholly prevents any displacement or wrinkling when the garment is worn.

The parts required in the construction of the waistband are few in number, consisting of the stiifener, the binding 7", and the lining strip 2'', and all the work is done upon a sewing-machine excepting the final overhanding, which avoids the exposure of any stitches upon the outer side of the waistband.

I am aware that it is common to conceal stitching by various methods, but claim the particular means by which I form the waistband with a smooth, tight lining, and avoid any extension of the stitching to the outer side of the trousers, excepting the usual line of stitches h. I

The object of the binding f, secured in dependently upon thelower edge of the editener, is to inclose such edge, which would otherwise show when the lining was secured thereto: and the attachment of the lining to the stiffener first in a reversed position enablesthe lining strip to serve as a cover for the stitches h, when the lining is turned upwardly to cover the entire stifi'ener.

The stiffener e and its binding 7 are shown in Fig. lextended under thecloth of the fly 6, as is common, and the end of the finished waistband is in like manner extended under the fly, but this is immaterial to my invention, which relates only to the formation of the band itself.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A waistband for trousers, consisting of a stiflener having its upper edge inclosed in face of the stifi'ener and its top folded in- Wardly and overhanded to the fold at the top of the trousers.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HYMAN COHEN. 

